How to handle utility conflicts on civil construction projects

Utility conflicts are where a civil job can lose the whole morning before the crew even starts real production. The markout says one thing, the as-built says another, then the old line is not where anyone expected it. The best jobs I have been on treated potholing and photos as production work, not as a nuisance. If the conflict is real, the foreman needs enough detail to make a decision: depth…